Well it has been a rough few days. I went to my doctor yesterday to have him look at the rash on my arm and the rash on my neck. The good news is that it didn't seem to be infected. The rash on my arm seems to be a skin irritation of some sort. What it is caused by we can't be sure- could be the bandage, could be the alcohol it is cleaned with, could be the netting used to hold my line. The area around the site where the line goes into my arm was still pretty red and swollen though so the doctor said he wanted to watch it.
On to my neck. Here is what my rash looked like Monday:
And here is what it looks like now- it started really itchy and red and then became painful blisters. Now it is crusting over (ick)
Anyway, the doctor took a look at it and had no idea what to think. He had another doctor come in to look and basically they think it is either shingles or a staph infection. Shingles apparently can be stress related and the staph infection could be from my PICC. So for now I am being treated for both. So in addition to the Zofran I take 4 times daily for nausea, I am taking another antibiotic 4 times a day and another once a day. Plus the two ivs daily. :) I have a doctor's appointment Friday morning for him to look at the rash again and see if it is healing at all. If not, not sure what the next course of action is. I am praying that the grossness of the crustiness/blisters draining is a sign of getting better but it certainly still looks awful!
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